Group leader
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Dr Marina Kuimova
Location
207B
Molecular Sciences Research Hub
White City Campus
Postdoctoral Research Associates
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Dr Jessica Berrones Reyes
Location
301
Molecular Sciences Research Hub
White City CampusShort bio
Jessica joined the group in November 2019 as a Research Associate in chemical synthesis, optical spectroscopy and imaging, jointly working with Prof Vilar (Chemistry). Her project encompasses the synthesis of platinum-based probes and application of fluorescence microscopy techniques to visualise G-quadruplex DNA.
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Dr Petr Sherin
Location
207
Molecular Sciences Research Hub
White City CampusShort bio
Petr joined the group in November 2019 as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow. His project is focused on studying age- and cataract-related changes in the membranes of cells in animal and human eye lenses.
Students
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Ben Lewis
Location
207
Molecular Sciences Research Hub
White City CampusShort bio
Ben joined the group in October 2016 as part of the MRes/PhD program from the Institute of Chemical Biology. His project is aimed at developing optical probes for cellular imaging of G-quadruplexes. His project is co-supervised by Prof Vilar (Chemistry) and Dr Vannier (Institute of Clinical Sciences).
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Miguel Paez Perez
Location
207
Molecular Sciences Research Hub
White City CampusShort bio
Miguel joined the group in October 2017 as an ICB-CDT PhD candidate. His project explores how membrane fluidity and organization depends on external stresses by using viscosity-sensitive molecular rotors. He is co-supervised by Dr Brooks (Chemistry) and Prof Krams (Bioengineering, QMUL).
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Ion Ioannou
Location
207
Molecular Sciences Research Hub
White City CampusShort bio
Ion joined the group in October 2019 and is a Leverhulme Trust funded PhD student working on synthetic cells. His project regards the on-site assembly of the actin cortex in semi-synthetic cells to control cell mechanics and behaviour. Ion is co-supervised by Dr Elani and Dr Brooks (Chemistry).
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Jenna Robinson
Location
207
Molecular Sciences Research Hub
White City CampusShort bio
Jenna joined the group in October 2019 as part of the Institute of Chemical Biology. She synthesises fluorescent probes to visualise G-quadruplexes in live cells and establish correlations with epigenetic characteristics in cancer. She is co-supervised by Dr Di Antonio, Prof Vilar (Chemistry) and Prof Brown (Medicine)
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Aatikah Majid
Location
301
Molecular Sciences Research Hub
White City CampusShort bio
Aatikah joined the group in October 2019 as part of the CDT In Next Generation Synthesis and Reaction Technology. Her project aims to use high-throughput synthesis and testing to develop optical probes for G-quadruplex DNA. Her project is co-supervised by Prof Vilar (Chemistry) and Dr Thompson (Medicine).
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Tigerlily Bradford
Location
207
Molecular Sciences Research Hub
White City CampusShort bio
Tigerlily joined the group in October 2020 as part of the PhD program from the BBSRC. Her project is aimed at imaging of quadruplexes formed in the telomeric region of chromosomes using FLIM. Her project is co-supervised by Prof Vilar (Chemistry) and Dr Vannier (Institute of Clinical Sciences).